A data breach at Star Health allegedly exposed customer details via Telegram chatbots. While Telegram agreed to block flagged bots, it rejected mass monitoring, citing privacy concerns and legal limitations.

An Indian court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has asked Indian insurer Star Health to provide details of data leak of customers through chatbots with messaging app Telegram for deletion.

The data leak, first reported in September, reportedly involved a hacker known as xenZen, who allegedly used Telegram chatbots and a website to publicise the stolen information.

An Indian court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has told insurer Star Health to help Telegram identify data leaked via its messaging app so the chatbots can be deleted. The country's biggest insurer with roughly $4 billion market cap approached the Madras High Court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu after Reuters reported on Sep.

The High Court gave the direction after Telegram said it was unable to search for leaks on its own but agreed to delete the leaked data if the insurer gave them details.

Star, which has a roughly $4 billion market cap, has been battling a reputational and business crisis since Reuters reported on September 20 that a hacker had used Telegram chatbots and a website to leak customers’ sensitive data, including tax details and medical claim papers.

The Madras High Court has instructed Star Health, India’s largest health insurance provider with a market capitalisation of approximately $4 billion, to assist Telegram in identifying leaked data from its messaging platform.

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